Pick My Locks – Written Sunday 9th December 2007 (Aged 32)

Pick My Locks

you tried to pick my locks,
but me –
well i held onto the key
i tried to shut up the me
because,
i wanted privacy
you tried to pick my locks
be my hope and glory
the one true missing sock
and i know –
when you smiled
and when you held me
you were trying to pick my locks
and in your mind –
‘set me free’,
pain can of course be like chains
and the waves of our sea
can be as false –
as false gods that shine
and you say,
‘you must believe’
so you tried to pick my locks
but me –
i hold on tightly to the key




James Garratt – Sunday 9th December 2007


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